I love people, and I love to be with people and to make music with people, but my natural state is to revert back to being by myself in my house, which is cool because thats where I practice and write and listen and study.

It's a pity if someone who has a really profoundly potent art to share chooses not to or doesn't fit into this very thin slice of what's desirable and marketable, chances are the public will never get a chance to hear what they're doing.

There is an assumption that if you're young and pretty, you will get all these opportunities that are way beyond your musical foundation.

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.

I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility.

When I read, you know, a rough neighborhood of Portland, I'm like - what? - they didn't have kombucha bars there?

Jazz music just resonates with the frequency of me.